shredmandan20th September 2007Great lesson Muris!!
fkalich20th September 2007I have so many exercises that I am working on, that I have gotten pretty selective of what I add to my current pile at this time. However, I am adding this one immediately.
Francis Viviers20th September 2007I want a guitar like yours! Oh ya great lesson man!
mattacuk20th September 2007Muris - great as always. Please keep up these 3-note per string lessons as its *exactly* what i want to learn !!!
David Wallimann20th September 2007Good one as always. :-)
Kizaze4420th September 2007Thanks Muris. These lessons are great way to memorize scales without feeling like "homework". Great tunes on your website, too!
Kizaze
Juan M. Valero20th September 2007Excellent lesson and great picking
The Uncreator21st September 2007Love the Licks in here!
Jeff Curtis21st September 2007nice lesson man... Its always a essential to play a passage with different picking like you said. Good work !!!
JC
chast20th September 2007The first vibrato sounds so awesome
And as Kizae said, its a good way to memorize the scale
Nick32521st September 2007niceeeee
Ryan21st September 2007Awesome, This is go perfect with my practicing stuff.
Muris Varajic21st September 2007Many thanks guys!
This always comes in handy,who knows what you're gonna play tomorrow...
DeepRoots21st September 2007haha..i know what i'll be playing tommorrow muris; this! and the next day, and the next day.....
I'll definatley be playing this with your first alternate picking lesson. Would you suggest i try to apply this technique to that previous lesson also? (for practise sake)
Thanks!- Muris Varajic22nd September 2007
Great.
Yes,you can apply this approach to everything you practice or play,and it'll worth.
Some chops will be a lot harder starting with upstroke tho.
Just take it slow first,to get yourself comfortable with it. 
Gwazi22nd September 2007Great job Muris this helped me a lot
Vinod Saranga22nd September 2007Great Muris.
no more strange in upstroks.
Chris Evans23rd September 2007New to the site, one of the first lessons I`m practicing, fantastic! thanks
- Muris Varajic24th September 2007
Glad you came here and you're welcome!
PacmanProductions4th October 2007gosh i love that tone!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bulletproof9th October 2007Damn Muris..another excellent video. I've been playing this at least once a day and I"m seeing a HUGE improvement for cleanliness and diversity.
- Muris Varajic9th October 2007
That's great,glad it helps!!
Ttask18th October 2007Wow, awesome exercise. I really had difficulties playing strict alternate picking (I was more focusing on speed than "alternate"), then I tried this exercise a couple of days and I already feel much more comfortable while playing. Thanks a lot !
- Muris Varajic19th October 2007
Pleasure is all mine,thanks!
Joe Kataldo14th January 2008Cool Gymnastic-Guitar-Exercise :-D
Danilo Capezzuto25th February 2008Great lesson, very useful.
d.- Muris Varajic25th February 2008
Thanks
Carlos Carrillo14th March 2008fantastic lesson!
nice job muris
Eat-Sleep-andJam18th August 2008This lesson is changing my life
- Muris Varajic18th August 2008
That's great to hear ESJ,cheers
mba6422nd December 2008Great lesson best I seen on Altarnate Picking,covers everything nearly.
- Muris Varajic22nd December 2008
Glad you like it!
Pedja Simovic23rd December 2008Excellent approach and lesson Muris!
thefireball11th July 2010Wow, that would be a change for sure - alternated between ups and downs
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Hello GMC and welcome to my 3rd Alternate Picking lesson!
Quick look at the main video doesn't show anything interesting indeed... But closer look will show that something is going on here:)
What I do here is that I play each lick twice, first I start it with DOWNSTROKE and then I repeat it starting with UPSTROKE. This will help you to adjust yourself for uncommon picking patterns and to be prepared for unwanted licks while you're jamming or improvising.
I got into the same situations many times cause I used to practice licks with just one way of picking.
Now I'm quite fine with it and hope this will get you into same mood as well!! :)
3rd Alternate Picking lesson contains:
-Alternate Picking
-Starts with Downstroke and Upstroke
-String Skipping
-Am Scale
Have fun and let me know if you need any help!!:)
Muris Varajic
P.S. This ISN'T fast too much so feel free to go further than just 140 BPM.